No there are none. After not matching last year, I contacted the ACGME and here were the replies I received:
Reply 1:
The ACGME expects all residents who are appointed to approved positions in accredited programs to be provided with funding that permits them to concentrate on being a student. Further, we expect all residents to be appointed in accordance with institutional policies and procedures. Finally, if some residents are paid and other provide their own funding, it sets up a two class system of resident, which is not good for education.
Steven P. Nestler, PhD
Executive Director
Residency Review Committee
515 North State St, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60126
312.755.5025
[url=mailto]spn@acgme.org[/url]
Reply 2:
No, you cannot be a self-funded resident. No program would let you, because it would violate our institutional requirements.
billy
Billy Hart
Accreditation Administrator
RRC for Orthopaedic Surgery
312.755.5026
